Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:10:59 -0700 (PDT) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | RE: CPU frequency shifting "problems" |
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Grover, Andrew wrote: > > I agree and have said the very thing internally, but TPTB have determined > that the benefit of an open source driver is outweighed by the perceived > competitive advantage of keeping it a trade secret. :(
Can you ask them what the competitive advantage is of effectively handing the competition a speed advantage by forcing Linux users to not use the TSC ?
I wonder how that would show up on the benchmarks...
Gerhard
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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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